Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 48:35:
- Kupsabiny: “I will destroy each person in Moab
who is making sacrifices there on the hills
and burning to the idols
things that smell sweet.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I will-put-(an)-end in Moab those (who) are-offering in the place-of-worship in the high places and are-burning incense to their gods. I, the LORD, (am) the-(one) saying this.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I, Yahweh, say that I will get rid of the people who offer sacrifices on the hilltops,
and burn incense to their gods.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 48:36:
- Kupsabiny: “So, my stomach feels sorry for Moab
like when a person blows a flute while mourning.
I also cry like that for the people of Kir-hareseth,
because all the wealth they had amassed has been plundered from them.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘Therefore I truly mourn for Moab and for those from-Kir Hareset, like a lonely music/sound of a flute for the dead. The wealth that they have acquired has- now -gone.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I moan for the people of Moab and Kir-Hareseth
like someone playing a funeral song on a flute,
because all their wealth will disappear.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 48:37:
- Kupsabiny: “Those people shave their hair
and they shave their beards.
All cut scars on the hands
and put on sacks.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Everyone shows mourning by shaving-off-of-hair/shaving-the-head, shaving-the-beard, wounding their hands, and wearing sackcloth.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The men will shave their heads and their beards to show that they are mourning.
They all will slash their hands and wear rough cloth/sackcloth around their waists.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 48:38:
- Kupsabiny: “Only the mourning of people is heard from
the roofs of all the houses of Moab
and where many people are sitting
there is no other thing,
because I have crushed the land of Moab
like a potsherd that is no longer wanted.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The people are crying on the rooftops of their homes and in the plasa, for I destroyed Moab like a jar that has-broken that no one wants anymore.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “In every home and in the town plazas/centers in Moab there will be people who are mourning,
because I will have destroyed Moab
like someone smashes an old jar that no one wants any more.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 48:39:
- Kupsabiny: “Oh, yes, what a terrible destruction! Cry out!
See how (they/it) have hid the eyes because of fear/shame!
(People) grin and laugh
and it is terrible when all its neighbors hear (it).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “How ruined Moab is! Listen to the crying of her residents. Moab was truly put to shame, and it (is)-being-mocked and being-loathed by all the nations in its surrounding.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Moab will be completely shattered!
And you will hear the people wailing loudly!
They will be disgraced.
Moab will become a nation that people ridicule.
The people in nearby countries will be horrified about what has happened there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 48:40:
- Kupsabiny: “God is saying,
‘Another nation will gallop/swoop towards
the land of Moab like an eagle and fight (it).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD still continued to say, ‘Look! The enemy of Moab (is) like an eagle that flies to swoop this.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “This is what I, Yahweh, say:
‘Look! Their enemies will be swooping/rushing down over Moab
like an eagle swoops down to seize an animal.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 48:41:
- Kupsabiny: “Its cities will be taken over,
and/with the guarded/protected place.
The soldiers of Moab will be terrified on that day
like a woman who is about to give birth.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The cities and the strong-wall/something-that-gives-security of Moab will-be-taken-over. At that time the soldiers of Moab will-be-terrified/-troubled like a woman about to-give-birth.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Its cities will be captured,
its fortresses will be seized.
Even their warriors will be afraid,
like a woman who is about to give birth.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 48:42:
- Kupsabiny: “The people of Moab will be destroyed
because they rebelled against God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Moab will- surely -be-destroyed because of her rebellion against the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The leaders of Moab boasted against me, Yahweh,
so Moab will be destroyed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)